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School Messenger – Safe Arrival - effective January 14, 2019

To enhance our existing absence-checking procedure, we are in the
process of introducing anew, more efficient
student absence reporting feature called SafeArrival.
Your child’s school is one of the first schools in the Toronto Catholic
District School Board selected to implement this new system starting on January 14, 2019. SafeArrival feature
is a within the SchoolMessenger App. This
new system will reduce the time it takes to verify student attendance, making
it easy for you to report your child’s absence and easy for staff to respond to
unreported student absences.

With SafeArrival, you are
asked to report your child’s absence in advance using any of these three
convenient methods:

1.Using
your mobile device, download and install the SchoolMessenger app from the Apple App Store or the Google Play
Store (or from the links at https://go.schoolmessenger.com).
The first time you use the app, select Sign
Up to create your account. Select Attendance
then Report an Absence.

2.Use
the SafeArrival website, https://go.schoolmessenger.com.
The first time you use the website, select Sign
Up to create your account. Select Attendance
then Report an Absence.

3.Call
the toll-free number 1 (833) 251-3286 to report an absence using the
automated phone system.

These options are available 24 hours/day, 7 days a week. Future absences can be reported at any time
up to a maximum of 10 consecutive days. It is important to note that
when setting up your account, you must register using the email address and
phone number associated with your child’s student record.